It was a moderately rainy day in Boston yesterday, but I decided it would be nice to walk to visit Jillian and her delightful family in Cambridge yesterday. On my 35-minute trek, I went through three college areas and passed students who accurately reflected my stereotypes of each.My home is situated near Northeastern's campus, with it's all-American, Bostonian types. But as I headed north, I found myself surrounded by the artsy-fartsy hipster population of Berklee College of Music. Finally, I crossed the Harvard Bridge and found myself amidst the smartypants technical students on MIT's campus.
Having attended undergrad at a university that's not situated in a city, I wonder what life would have been like in a college campus where "real people" would walk through. I think I prefer my own college experience where we were sequestered from reality and didn't have to deal with interlopers who were traversing the streets to see their friends across the river.
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I always thought I had it perfectly right -- a real campus, with walls, but undeniably NYC. I was glad I hadn't pursued my dumb NYU idea, once I saw the random collection of scattered buildings that was their "campus."
Seriously. Is there an NYU campus?
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